September 28, 1999

NEWS ADVISORY: NEWS DIRECTORS AND ASSIGNMENT EDITORS

(Oklahoma City)—Deliberations are scheduled for Wednesday morning, Sept. 29, before Oklahoma’s Corporation Commissioners on Y2K contingency plans and readiness disclosure statements of all regulated public utilities.

Public Utility Division Director Ernest Johnson and his staff requested the contingency plans and readiness statements to evaluate the measures taken by electric, gas and telecommunications service providers operating within the state to avoid interruption of those services associated with the Y2K problem.

Staff is providing updates including discussion of those that have and have not submitted their Y2K contingency plans to the Commission.

Two recommended boundary changes for phone companies serving Purcell, Dibble and Wynona will also be considered.

Deliberations begin at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday in courtroom 301 on the third floor of the Jim Thorpe Building at 2101 N. Lincoln Blvd. in Oklahoma City.

All Oklahoma Corporation Commission news releases are available for review and downloading from the OCC web site

www.occ.state.ok.us